Saturday 9th April 2011

The New Optimists: Professor Hazel Barrett,Professor Gina Rippon and Dr Stuart Slater.

£6.50/£5 / 4pm / Arena Foyer, Birmingham Conservatoire, Paradise Place, Birmingham B3 3HG

Nick Booth (www.Podnosh.com) chairs a panel of contributors to the popular book The New Optimists – Geographer Professor Hazel Barrett, Neuroscientist Professor Gina Rippon and expert in Artificial Intelligence & Games Development Dr Stuart Slater. Their task: to interrogate what the future holds for us.

The New Optimists are lots of scientists (over 80 to date), a loose collection of non-scientists who are good at making things happen, plus a book, a website, some events — and profits from the sale of any of these activities will be used to fund young scientists. The idea was spawned by Kate Cooper in early 2009 when she asked lots of scientists the simple John Brockman question “What are you optimistic about?” Over 80 responded, and what they’ve said has been compiled into this book The New Optimists: Scientists view tomorrow’s world & what it means to us. This book was launched in September 2010 through a multimedia venture set up for the purpose, Linus Publishing.

Read more about The New Optimists and it’s contributors at their website, or follow them on twitter (@newoptimists)

Supported by The New Optimists.

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